Ettienne de Villiers Namibia hockey enjoyed reasonable success during 2010, with the senior teams losing to Zimbabwe in the Momentum International Hockey Challenge in August, although the junior teams showed great promise in international tournaments throughout the year. The senior men and women’s teams however qualified by default for the 2011 Indoor World Cup after African powerhouses like South Africa and Egypt failed to turn up for the African qualifiers that were ...
2010 saw the Namibian Welwitschias win the IRB Nations Cup for the first time in history after maintaining a 100 percent winning record in Bucharest, Romania in June. They beat, Romania in their opening match 21-17, in their second match they beat Scotland A 23-20. On the final day of the tournament Italy A needed to win against the hosts for them to take home the title but lost out to Romania 27-22 to hand the Namibians, who were playing against Georgia on the same ...
When Namibian cricket started 2010 on the back of a comprehensive defeat to the United Arab Emirates in the ICC Intercontinental Shield competition, the outlook was glum and few people could have foreseen the success that would lie in store. But the national team turned their performance around with commanding victories against Bermuda and Uganda, before going on to beat UAE on their home turf in Dubai to win the ICC Intercontinental Shield final in December. Besides that, Namibian ...
Boxing in Namibia continued to grow from strength to strength during 2010 with some exceptional achievements both at amateur as well as professional level. In April, Namibia’s senior amateur team underlined its dominance in the Southern African region when it won the African Boxing Confederation Zone 6 Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa. They won the championships with a total of 27 points, followed by Botswana (26) and South Africa (13). It was the third year ...
First posted on 9 December 2009 The role of the Government in the developed world is to balance the creation of jobs against the expectations of the employees. The private sector is encouraged through various means to invest and create employment opportunities. However, the labour force, through its Unions, have become so powerful, they often influence decision-making that is detrimental to job creation. Bluntly put, an investor puts their money where they get the best ...
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